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I did not see or touch any salmon, but the water looked good and I was certainly hopeful. It got a bit bright around midday so I decided to try for the trout instead, especially given the nice hatch that was taking place, including a few mayfly. The trout fishing was superb and I must have had 20+ between 10-15 inches, all returned, of course.

25 Trout

1ft 3", Rain and drizzle. Managed to free up some time for a cast. Nothing in tail of Rock, lost one 4th cast in the Mill stream (mid teen and silver). Lost another in the Rectory pool, then had thumping take in the Run from a 3lb brownie! Back up to Mill stream and much lower down the spine than I have ever hooked a salmon before, a silver 18lber took the small brass allies tube. Was cutting it fine to pick up my kids by this stage and horsed it into the net in about 7mins!

Eventful fishing

1 Salmon, 3 Trout

Nothing to report.

River at 1ft 6". Couple of hours after work. Water running out for the top half but as I was approaching the tail of the rock pool a broad back broke the surface in the prime taking lie. The anticipation as I swung a fly over it was immense! Worked the lie for 20 mins with various methods to no avail.
Water was perfect height for lower half so I went down and fought my way through the rocks and vegetation to get to the Neck of the Rectory. Down at the gap, there was a boil and a flash of silver as the fly was swept off the far bank. Couldn't get that one to come again so fished on and right in the aperture where the whole Wye rushes through a 5 yard wide gap the reel screamed into life. How they lie in that water amazes me. Great first run as it charged down into the pool below. When I saw it I thought it was the mother of all trout...but when it slid into the net it was a heavily spotted coloured hen salmon that was just under 10lb.
Decided to go back up and try the one that boiled again and sweet as a nut it nailed the fly. Better fish that for a while held station in the torrent for several minutes making me think it might have transferred the fly to a rock, no amount of pressure could move it but it eventually succumbed; 16lb of perfect Wye springer. Didn't cast again. Sated.

2 Salmon, 3 Trout

1'9" falling, 8lb salmon, bottom of Rock pool, Usk Grub

1 Salmon

Quite windy, water quite high and dropping, hatch of olives around midday. All mainly taken on olive F fly.

19 Trout, 2 Grayling

One 14 and half pound fresh cock springer taken in Rectory Pool towards tail. Willy Gunn tube medium sink tip. Fought strong 10 minutes and landed and released. In excellent condition, fat but no sea lice. At least one other salmon in the pool. Also 1, 1lb browne also in Rectory Pool.

1 Salmon, 1 Trout

Fished in the morning with the Salmon Rod, starting at the Rock Pool where there was no sign of any Salmon but did take 3 trout, all 8-10 inches, How they managed to get a double hook Cascade in their mouth is beyond me!
Saw a Salmon move on the far bank just below the Mill Stream, approx. 8lb. Struggled to cover from the Left Bank so crossed over, but to no avail.
Got the trout rod out for a few hours and took a few small fish, very difficult fishing with nothing rising of note.

7 Trout, 2 Grayling

A warm and bright start to the day was soon overtaken by strong gusts and showers. Fished through to dusk on this lovely beat, but no salmon seen. Two trout caught on a fly, both returned. The river was quite low at 1'4".

2 Trout

With a gusting downstream wind all day I spent a lot of time sitting on the bank disentangling myself, the river bank & my line. Arrived at about 10am with a wall to wall Grammon hatch, with the beasties crawling all over me as I frantically tried to tie on a suitable match; Needless to say it was nearly all but over by the time I made the first cast but managed 2 fish before all went dead. Persisted with the dry fly trying to induce a rise but in the end resorted to a weighted nymph to tempt a few more fish from the 'riffly' water.
Thank you W&U for another day far from the madding crowd.

8 Trout, 1 Grayling